Synthesis and Characterization of Green Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles with Antiproliferative Effects through Apoptosis Induction and MicroRNA Modulation in Breast Cancer Cells

Table 4

The t-test was performed for the comparison of microRNA expression between control and treatment groups in the MCF7 and HFF cell lines.

Variable		miR-155-5p expression (fold change)	value
HFF	Control	1.00 ± 0.24	0.015
	Treatment	2.15 ± 0.32
MCF7	Control	1.00 ± 0.22	0.016
	Treatment	0.35 ± 0.32
Variable		miR-223-3p expression (fold change)	value
HFF	Control	1.00 ± 0.19	0.011
	Treatment	2.57 ± 0.32
MCF7	Control	1.00 ± 0.25	0.008
	Treatment	0.12 ± 0.09
Variable		miR-203-3p expression (fold change)	value
HFF	Control	1.00 ± 0.24	0.025
	Treatment	0.40 ± 0.13
MCF7	Control	1.00 ± 0.13	0.008
	Treatment	0.14 ± 0.12

Abbreviations: MCF7: Michigan Cancer Foundation-7, HFF: human foreskin fibroblasts, and miR: microRNA.